
Imagining, and Reimagining, Education
I’ve been writing recently about both my family’s experience with remote learning this spring, and what’s missing from our preparation for remote learning in the

Inequality and four-year degree attainment
Four-year degree attainment is essential to eliminating income and racial inequality. As the chart below makes clear, those with a four-year degree or more work

Reforming capitalism: lessons from Denmark
Terrific Nicholas Kristof New York times column on Denmark. The article’s subtitle says it all: Danes haven’t built a “socialist” country. Just one that works.

Where is our national task force on remote learning?
This morning I woke up sure that my kids should go back to school when it reopens in just over a month. Knowing their school

Needed: no red tape unemployment insurance
Terrific Bridge article on how hard it is for way to many out-of-work Michiganders to get unemployment insurance. The article’s title says it all: Michigan

What are the first principles of quality remote learning during a pandemic?
It’s hard to sit down to write today about what would make for good remote learning, when my brain wanders to the question everyone is